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fibrous

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fi·brous  (fbrs)
adj.
1. Having, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
2. Full of sinews; tough.
fibrous·ly adv.
fibrous·ness n.
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Adj.1.fibrous - having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
hempen
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
2.fibrous - (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
sinewy, unchewable, stringy
tough - resistant to cutting or chewing
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Now, of course, this canal is filled with much the same strangely fibrous substance -- the spinal cord --as the brain; and directly communicates with the brain.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Having obtained a quantity for his purpose, he places it in a bag made of the net-like fibrous substance attached to all cocoanut trees, and compressing it over the bread-fruit, which being now sufficiently pounded, is put into a wooden bowl--extracts a thick creamy milk.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Some had not then attained a sufficient degree of maturity; and their thick skin covered a white but rather fibrous pulp.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
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